Printing device



iune 2, 1931. J. A. BAILEY 1,307,958

PRINTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 11, 1928 gag/572: 0 7'.

Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAIJIES A. BAILEY, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIB, TO ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPAIIY, OF WILMINGTON,DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PRINTING DEVICE Application filed.August 11, 1928. Serial No. 298,974.

This invention relates to printing devices of the kind which are adaptedto be run through an addressing machine for making printing impressionsand are stored in trays 5 or drawers in accordance with a selectedclassification system.

The object of the invention is to provide a printing device of simpleand novel construction, light in weight, and comprising a n, removablecard and a removable printing plate which can be easily and quicklychanged whenever desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a light weight printingdevice comprising a frame, a card, and a printing plate,

with means for engaging the plate interlockingly with the frame by anendwise movement of the plate, and yielding means for holding the platein place.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a selected embodiment of theinvention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a printing device embodying theinvention, parts thereof being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig 1;

Figs. 4L and 5 show a perspective view of the frame, partly broken away,with the card arranged in position for insertion in the frame.

Referring to the drawings, the frame of the printing device comprises aback 6 and skeleton mat 7 fastened to the front of the back and providedwith an opening 8 to receive the card 9. Provision may be made forinserting and securing the card in the frame in any suitable manner; forexample, :3 by prowiding flanges 10 at the top and bottom of the opening8 and a slot 11 at one end of said opening, through which the card maybe moved into the opening. The mat also has an opening 12 for theprinting plate 13, on which printing characters may be formed byembossing or otherwise. The mat has a flange 14 at its lower edge toengage the lower edge of the plate and preferably there is a filler 15between the mat :30 and the back, or the mat is made thicker as foundmost convenient. The plate is provided with alternate projections 15 andrecesses 16 along its upper edge, and there are disconnected flanges 17at the upper edge of the opening 12 which provide recesses 18. Theprojections and recesses on the plate are complementary to theprojections and recesses on the frame, and the plate and opening arecorrectly proportioned so that the lower edge of the plate may beengaged beneath the flange 14: as indicated by the broken lines in Fig.2. And then the plate may be pressed back flat against the back of theframe with the projections 15 in the recesses l8 and the projections 17in the recesses 16 and with the plate resting upon the yielding lockingdevice 19. The projections 17 are glued to the back 6 of the frameor-are otherwise fastened thereto, except the corners 20, which are leftfree so that when the plate is shifted to the left, Fig. 1, theprojections 15 on the plate will engage under the corners 20. When theplate has been moved to the left, Fig. 1, as far as the left end edge ofthe opening 12, the yielding 1 look 19 will engage the right end of theplate, and then the plate will be held in the omitted and the frameitself used for in- V formation data. The means for securing the platein place insures accuracy of registration of the plate in the frame andan efficient means for securing the plate in the frame so that it willalways be maintained in proper position. Changes in the form,construction, arrangement, and material of the parts of my invention maybe made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantagesthereof, and I reserve the gagement.

right to make all such changes as fall within the scope of the followingclaims.

I claim:

1. A printing device comprising a frame having an opening therein and aprinting plate in said opening, and interengaging projections on theframe and plate the corners of the projections on the frame overlappingcorners of the projections on the plate.

2. A printing device comprising a frame having an opening therein and aprinting plate in said opening, said frame and plate havinginterengaging projections thereon, with corners of the projections onthe frame overlapping corners of-the projections on the plate, and ayielding locking device for holding said projections interengaged.

3. A printing device comprising a frame having an opening therein, aprinting plate seated in said opening, there beinga flange at the loweredge of the opening to receive the lower edge of the plate, the upperedge of the plate and on the frame at the edge of the opening havinginterengaging projections, the projections on the plate being adapted tointerlock with the projections on the frame when the plate is movedendwise relative to the frame, and means for holding the plate with saidprojections in engagement with the frame.

l. A printing device comprising a frame having an opening therein and aback therefor, a printing plate, a flange at the lower edge of theopening to receive the lower edge of the plate, interengagingprojections at the upper edge of the plate and the upper edge of theopening, corners of the projections on the frame overlappin corners of Athe projections on the plate, and a yielding stop secured on the back toengage an end of the plate for holding said corners in en- JAMES A.BAILEY.

